The New York Times: Beji Caid Essebsi
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Beji Caid Essebsi
Beji Caid Essebsi was a Tunisian politician who served as the fourth president of Tunisia from 2014 until his death in 2019. Previously, he served as minister of foreign affairs from 1981 to 1986 and prime minister from February to December 2011.
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politics · President of Tunisia from 2014 to 2019 · politician · lawyer · diplomat · jurist · also Beji Caid Essebsi, Mohamed Beji Caid Essebsi, Béji Caïd Essebsi, Essebsi
Born 29 November 1926 · Died 25 July 2019 · Q313539
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2025· 1 entry
2019· 9 entries
Hebdo Ahram: Beji Caid Essebsi: The last of the Bourguibans
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The New Indian Express: Tunisia's first democratically elected president Beji Caid Essebsi dies at 92
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Bloomberg L.P.: Beji Caid Essebsi, Who Tried to Unite Tunisia, Dies at 92
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BBC: Beji Caid Essebsi: Tunisia's first freely elected president dies aged 92
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UPI: First freely elected Tunisia president, Beji Caid Essebsi, dies at 92
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Died 2019-07-25.
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Awarded National Maltese Order of Merit (2019).
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Awarded Order of King Abdulaziz al Saud (2019).
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“s presidential election, saying it was time to”
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2018· 1 entry
Proposed a revision of Tunisian electoral law, which he felt contained many shortcomings going against the principles of the 2011 revolution
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2017· 2 entries
Awarded Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2017).
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Called for legal amendments to the inheritance law to ensure equal rights for men and women, and he called for Tunisian women to be able to marry non-Muslims, which he believed to be not in direct conflict with Sharia
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2015· 2 entries
Awarded Royal Order of the Seraphim (2015).
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Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne (2015).
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2014· 2 entries
The Washington Post: Béji Caïd Essebsi: My three goals as Tunisia’s president
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Career landmark: President of Tunisia (2014–2019).
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2011· 2 entries
On 27 February 2011, in the aftermath of the Tunisian Revolution that ousted long-serving leader Ben Ali, Tunisian Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi then resigned following a day of clashes in Tunis with five protesters
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Tunisia (2011–2011).
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1991· 1 entry
A move significant for "contribut[ing] to his credibility and acceptance" in the years following the 2011 revolution, the post-Ben Ali era
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1987· 1 entry
Switched allegiance following Ben Ali's removal of Bourguiba from power
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1983· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (1983).
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1981· 1 entry
Career landmark: Minister of Foreign Affairs (1981–1986).
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1970· 1 entry
Career landmark: ambassador of Tunisia to France (1970–1971).
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1969· 2 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit presented by Francisco Franco (1969).
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Career landmark: Minister of Defence (1969–1970).
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1965· 2 entries
Minister-Delegate to the Prime Minister, Defense Minister in 1969, and then Ambassador to Paris
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Career landmark: Minister of Interior (1965–1969).
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1941· 1 entry
When he joined the Neo Destour youth organization in Hammam-Lif
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1926· 2 entries
Born 1926-11-29.
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In Sidi Bou Said to an elite family originally from Sardinia (Italy), he was the great-grandson of Ismail Caïd Essebsi, a Sardinian kidnapped by Barbary corsairs in the Beylik of Tunis along the coasts of the island at t
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